| What do educational experts say about CPS? |
| Here is a feedback email that we really
enjoyed, from USF. Joseph is well known for his educational work and
many other community efforts. His brother Terry was head of the
Democratic Party, in pre-partisan days, and the brothers are good
friends of Bill Clinton’s.
Hi Glynis
 Joseph
McAuliffe, a strong supporter of CPS’s training, with friend Bill
Clinton and brother Terry McAuliffe, Governor of Virginia. Eduard Lindeman in his book, What is Adult Education? said “Adult education is a co-operative venture
in non-authoritarian, informal learning, the chief purpose of which is
to discover the meaning of experience; a quest of the mind which digs
down to the roots of the preconceptions which formulate our conduct; a
technique of learning for adults which makes education coterminous with
life, and hence elevates living itself to the level of an experiment.”
It’s difficult to quantify the impact of your class upon your
students, but it would not be presumptuous of me to say that it was
substantial and pertinent to the above quote. I want to thank you, on
behalf of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at USF for leading this
semester’s study group. Your accomplished and dedicated involvement has
contributed to making this a very successful term.
I would love for you to teach again in our spring term starting in April.
Please stay in close contact with us and thanks once again for your gracious participation in OLLI.
Sincerely,
Joseph R. McAuliffe
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at USF |
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| Why does CPS think that we're experts in culture? |
That's a tough one. No one is an full expert in all cultures.
I lived 40 years in Africa, am Eur-Asian-African, speak three languages, and have traveled all my life - on six continents. I have three psychology degrees and have studied culture for years and I don't know a fraction of what there is to know about culture.
I have hundreds of books on the subject - and I've read them :)
So I think that we're more expert than most people, and we know how culture works and how to explain it.
As an internationally-qualified instructional designer, I've spent years working on ways of helping people see the 'edges' of culture.
I hope to offer short-cuts, and quicker understanding than some of the long, hard roads I've taken myself.
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| Why does my company need to make a special effort understand Generational issues |
There are many reasons why businesses need to stop, and review their cultures and policies towards generational issues
Nearly every reason is strategic. Those organizations who are doing this now are developing a strong competitive edge. Those that do not, will face a crisis with the potential to destroy companies.
1) Costs. A. Organizational cultures that understand generations have significantly lower turnover. For instance, if you lose even one adequate GenY employee, unneccessarily, the cost begins at 1.5 x base annual salary (mail us for the studies). This is several times the cost of training your managers not to lose people in the first place.
2) Productivity and Service. Different skills are needed when managing, serving or working with different generations. These are easily learned but so pervasive that they can make the difference between success and failure in a business.
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